Nasser Ghaemian; Sepideh Siadati; Novin Nikbakhsh; Mohaddeseh Mirzapour; Hanieh Askari; Samaneh Asgari
Volume 8, Issue 4 , October 2013, , Pages 241-246
Abstract
Background and Objectives:Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is one of the methods of breast biopsy which is fast, easy and cost effective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the concordance rate between pathologic results of sonography ...
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Background and Objectives:Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is one of the methods of breast biopsy which is fast, easy and cost effective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the concordance rate between pathologic results of sonography or stereotaxy guided FNAB and guided core needle biopsy (CNB) in the evaluation of breast lesions.
Materials & Methods: During December 2010 until March 2011, 36 female patients with 37 breast lesions referred to FNAB and CNB with the guide of sonography in 35 lesions and with the guide of stereotaxy in 2 lesions. The kappa statistic used to calculate the concordance coefficient.
Results: The concordance rate between guided – FNAB and guided – CNB was 93% with using kappa coefficient. In 5 patients, subjected to breast surgery, malignancy was reported as well as in guided-FNAB or guided-CNB.
Conclusion: Because of high concordance between these two techniques in the assessment of breast lesions, guided FNAB is recommended in the first step. Guided-CNB can be reserved for lesions with insufficient pathology results by guided-FNAB.
Sepideh Siadati; Nasibeh Khorram; Mohaddeseh Mirzapour
Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2013, , Pages 159-164
Abstract
Background and Objectives: There are a few studies on histopathologic type of oral lesions especially from Iran. The aim of this study was to survey the oral lesions in Babol, northern Iran.
Methods: The histopathology records were retrospectively reviewed for all lesions of oral cavity and ...
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Background and Objectives: There are a few studies on histopathologic type of oral lesions especially from Iran. The aim of this study was to survey the oral lesions in Babol, northern Iran.
Methods: The histopathology records were retrospectively reviewed for all lesions of oral cavity and jaws, during the years 1990 to 2009. The data were collected from the archive of pathology and analyzed based on age, gender, site of lesion and histopathologic type.
Results: From the 465 studied specimens, the mean age was 34.6 ± 20.3 years old; female to male ratio was 1.1: 1. The most frequent lesions were inflammatory/reactive (60%), tumoral (25%), cystic (14.2%), and tumor like lesions (0.8%), respectively. The most common inflammatory lesion was mucocele as 54 cases (19.4%). Ameloblastoma was the most common odontogenic tumor (55.5%). The most common odontogenic cyst was radicular cyst (44.8%), and the most common non-odontogenic cyst was mucus retention cyst (75%).
Conclusion: It seems that the malignant oral and jaw lesions have been more prevalent in this study compared to others, thus, the patients must be biopsied earlier to rule out malignant oral lesion in histologic examination.